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why is the drop panel dimesion locked?

bibiarch
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why is the drop panel dimesion locked? I also want to change/add a surface to put a material

 

Operating system used: Windows 11

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Barry Kelly
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It is a segmented column, so you have to press the 'Cross Section Size' button.

 

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Then you will see a pop-out where you can select the segment that you want to adjust the size of.

 

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Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator

It is a segmented column, so you have to press the 'Cross Section Size' button.

 

BarryKelly_0-1719806052765.png

 

Then you will see a pop-out where you can select the segment that you want to adjust the size of.

 

BarryKelly_1-1719806124491.png

 

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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